Newscasters on the state television network Al-Iraqiya draped Iraqi flags around their necks as an on-screen clock counted down to midnight Monday.
As you can see, the 1.7-inch, 200x320-pixel OLED screen can display different clock faces, some of them even designed to mimic an analog watch.
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Financial cable TV shows have taken to putting a countdown clock on the screen.
There's also a back-lit screen that displays both a clock and stopwatch.
It boasts a markedly improved 212 ppi screen (current e-ink Kindles clock in at 160 ppi).
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It also has 64 MB of memory, a back-lit screen that incorporates a stopwatch and a clock, and an FM tuner for listening to the radio.
South of Boston, the Hyatt Place Braintree opens on 21 May with a 24-hour guest kitchen that provides meals and snacks around the clock via a touch-screen kiosk.
In addition to sporting special modes that stuff Internet Explorer, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, a traditional numpad and a clock in the touchpad's screen, Razer has slowly been adding additional game-specific applications to the Switchblade.
Today, consumers, accustomed to the ease of use, want more flexibility. (Take note Apple: a software upgrade that allowed users to change their screen display, such as adding a big round clock or introducing tiles, would create a real buzz.) Ironically, because Apple was instrumental in a big part of the proliferation of technology for the consumer, consumers, in a way, have outgrown Apple.
It said if staff were waiting for guidance from a doctor or nurse, they could click back to a previous screen, "as this in essence stops the clock".
Mr. SAMUEL STATLAND (Polling volunteer): If you're in line at 8 o'clock and are identified as being in line at 8 o'clock, you will vote on the touch screen machines.
Packing a big 2500 mAh battery, the Note should come with plenty of battery life even with its huge screen which places it squarely between typical smartphones, which clock in around 4 in. these days, and tablets which boast on average about 7 in. screens.
It will eliminate the walk-it-up style and the boring high-ball screen and the same old offense with the current 35-second clock.
More importantly, the software in the claimed leak suggests the company will bring a trace of Sense UI style to the home screen, rather than having to relegate it to the HTC Hub: a live tile would bring the oversized clock and weather that One owners know so well.
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